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Location:

Lakewood,WA,

Member Since:

Dec 19, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

  • 5k
    Resolution Run 5k:
    1/1/09 20:46 (6:42)
    1/1/10 19:33 (6:18)
    1/1/11 19:23 (6:15)
    1/1/12 19:33 (6:18)
    FSRC Turkey Trot:
    11/20/11 18:50 (6:04)
  • 10k
    Resolution Run 10k:
    1/24/09 42:40 (6:53)
    1/23/10 40:48 (6:35)
    1/22/11 39:40 (6:24)
  • 15k
    Resolution Run 15k:
    2/21/09 1:05:59 (7:06)
    2/20/10 1:04:15 (6:55)
    2/26/11 1:03:46 (6:51)
    2/25/12 1:02:26 (6:42)
  • 20k
    Resolution Run 20k:
    3/21/09 1:27:16 (7:01)
    3/20/10 1:26:46 (6:59)
    3/26/11 1:24:37 (6:49)
    3/24/12 1:25:27 (6:52)
  • 1/2 Marathon
    Grand Columbian 1/2 Iron Relay
    2007 1:58:29 (8:59)
    2010 1:39:07 (7:34)
  • Marathon
    2005 Portland: 3:52:21 (8:52)
    2007 Tacoma: 3:47:17 (8:40)
    2010 Eugene: 3:16:21 (7:30)
    2011 Boston: 3:25:28 (7:51)
    2011 Tunnel: 3:06:30 (7:07)
    2012 Boston: 3:53:56 (8:56)
    2012 Big Sur: 3:23:06 (7:45)
    2013 Tacoma: 3:41:25 (8:27)
    2013 Tunnel Lite: 3:07:33 (7:09)
    2014 Boston: 3:40:35 (8:20)
  • Ultra Marathon
    2013 Defiance 50k: 4:49:12 (9:18)
    2013 Steilacoom 50k: 4:44:06 (9:09)
    2014 R2R 51.9mi: 9:51:40 (11:24)

Short-Term Running Goals:

??

Upcoming races: Just pacing and volunteering this year. PRs coming in 2016?

St Paddy's Day 1/2 1:50 Pacer 3/12/16

Whidbey Island 1/2 1:45 Pacer 4/?/16

Tacoma City Marathon 3:55 Pacer 5/1/16

 

Personal:

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Heb 12:11

 

Favorite Quotes:

"Go out and preach the Gospel, and if you have to, use words."  - St. Francis of Assisi

"Life is short; running makes it seem longer." - Baron Hansen

"If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand." HD?

"Rule #1. Cardio - Zombies lead a very active lifestyle, so should you." - Columbus (Zombieland)

"A one that is not cold is scarcely a one at all." - Strongbad

"Running without hills is like motorcycling without corners" -me

 

Favorite Blog Posts:

Puke and pass

My epic Beatles for Burt blogpost

Vodka at an aid station?

 

Hot tips for winter running:

Screwshoes
Poor man's cleats. this works a LOT better than you would think! Very quick and easy.

LittleHotties
Are you cheap like me? Put those little hotties in a ziplock bag and use them again tomorrow!

Kickstart your dead Garmin
Hold down the reset/lap button and the mode button together to get your 205/305/310xt to restart if it won't turn on or if it freezes up.

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Wed, May 18, 2011
Total Distance
11.26

4:30am Genesis 40 - Exodus 8

Overcame Top Ten Excuses For Missing A Run #2

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:33
2.00    7:36
3.00    7:33
4.00    7:24
5.00    7:11
6.00    7:15
7.00    7:39
8.00    7:38
9.00    7:14
10.00    6:54
11.00    7:07
11.26    6:38

Asics 2150blk2 Miles: 11.26Audio Bible Miles: 11.26
Comments
From Burt on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:01:44 from 72.223.90.79

What to go, disciple.

From DLTheo on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:58:37 from 155.130.107.20

Way to be tough!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:02:32 from 72.102.148.132

The first step was the hardest today. I ended up finishing with the same avg pace as yesterday and a lower HR. I guess I wasn't as tired as I thought :)

From DLTheo on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:04:55 from 155.130.107.20

Nice to have those days! I, on the other hand, had to take a day off yesterday. Legs were too dead to even walk normally.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:11:45 from 72.102.148.132

Take it easy. You have a race in a couple weeks right? Have you signed up for sound to narrows yet?

From Derunzo on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:24:15 from 65.220.66.195

(In an English accent).... "Quite often, your runs seem to go to eleven."

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:08:19 from 69.96.136.252

10 is just 10, so what do you do when you need that extra push? You go to 11. Exactly! It's one louder!

From Steam8 on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:08:56 from 166.70.55.77

Wish I was having one of those days! I want to run! I want to run! I want to run! Glad you had such a good run today!

From Kelli on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 14:01:49 from 71.219.96.115

I can not get the link to work and I am dying to know what excuse #2 is!!!!

Nice job, seriously. You are the most consistent runner I know---weather and pain aside, you just keep trucking along.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 14:35:11 from 69.96.136.252

Kelli - it's Sasha's top ten list. There's another link for it at the top of everyone's blog.

If you look closer at my mileage history you'll see that I'm a lot more persistent than consistent. Thanks for the props though :)

From Laputka on Thu, May 19, 2011 at 00:10:31 from 98.202.142.68

go TrAp go!

From JG on Thu, May 19, 2011 at 17:23:34 from 74.190.50.51

Every time I want to go for a longer faster pace tempo run, all I have to do is look at your blog for motivation! You are relentless ... nice runs this week!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Thu, May 19, 2011 at 17:48:44 from 72.102.235.175

Thanks guys! It' nice to know someone's reading this and maybe even getting a little motivation out of it :)

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